Died in jail or a lockup

Charles J. Downe

died October 22, 1884

Charles J. Downe was a member of the Board of Trade of Chicago, as a brief item in The Daily Enterprise identified him. The paper reported that he died by hanging in his cell at a jail on the night of Wednesday, October 22, 1884, and described his death as a suicide. Dates and manner come from that single news report.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Daily Enterprise, October 23, 1884, page 1 The Daily Enterprise, October 23, 1884

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